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ed, lower leaves sessile cuneate remotely obtuse 
serrate, not Innervate, upper leaves decurrent 
lanceolate acute subcrenate, rays grooved ? disk 
globose discolor— another sp. akin to H. canal - 
iculatum , but not smooth nor properly serrate, 
stem bipedal quite dichotomous above, lower 
leaves 3 inches long, upper uncial, disk redish 
as in last, found in West Kentucky, 
946. Helenium traxilum R. nearly smooth, 
stem angular striate hardly winged, leaves sub- 
decurrent lanceolate elongate, both ends acu- 
minate, margin entire very rough ; flowers co- 
rymbose, rays fiat reilexed, disk globose conco- 
lor — found in Indiana and Illinois, pedal, leaves 
large 2 or 3 inches long pale beneath, flowers 
few small.— II, autumnale nearest to this has 
serrate smooth leaves, and several varieties, an- 
gnstifolium , latifolium , levig alum fir evifolium 
longifolinm , datum , pauciflorum 
GL0SSANTHES 
This family also called Cickoracea and S end- 
Jlosculose , has been stated to be very deficient 
in North America ; but it is a mistake, 5 Genera 
alone Lactuca , Eunoxis , Hieracium , Nar - 
halia and Krigia , include nearly 100 species ; 
being as numerous as the Asters, they have 
been equaly involved in obscurity by blending 
or overlooking sp. which require careful mono- 
graphs, such as I have undertaken; but must 
delay at present and only give a few striking 
novelties, as I wish to confine this flora to 1000 
articles at present. This continent is the cen- 
tral seat* of Lactuca as it is of Yitis and Quer- 
cus, possessing 30 or 40 species of each. The 
Lactuca elongate of our blind botanists con- 
tained 12 or 15 sp. with leaves smooth or rough, 
entire or piimatifid, r uncinate, sagittate, den- 
